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government

• Space Force awards $37.3M of a $4B tactical fund for jam-proof satcoms (TC).

• SES wins $90M by US Army for Ku-band GEO satcom links for Combat Service & DoD (VS).

• MDA Space, Mission Control, Canadensys secure $10.6M by CSA for lunar rover (BK).

• Intuitive Machines wins $9.8M Phase II for Orbital Transfer Vehicle for on-orbit logistics (SN).

seed

• PhnyX raises $4M Seed for AI operational optimization tools for pharma (PR).

• Cavelo raises $3.6M by Inovia Capital for cybersecurity through MSPs & MSSPs (BK).

series A+

• 4AG Robotics raises $29M Series B by Astanor & Cibus Capital to manage crop yields (BK).

• OpenMind raises $20M by Pantera Capital & Coinbase to scale OS for AGI-powered robots (AI).

public

• EchoStar places $1.3B satellite order with MDA Space to build out 5G D2D satcoms in LEO (VS).

m&a

• Amphenol to acquire CommScope’s broadband & cable business for $10.5B growing data centers (BBG).

• Joby Aviation vertically integrates Blade’s eVTOL passenger portfolio for $125M (AA).

• Palo Alto acquires CyberArk for $25M to expand identity security portfolio (TC).

• Lummus Tech files IPO to boost domestic energy production (RT).

headlines

🚀

• Deloitte launches cyber analytics & anomaly detection for satellite payloads (VS).

• European space power systems to grow 4% YoY to $1B by 2034 for satcoms & earth observation (SN).

🤖

• Joby Aviation partners with L3Harris to develop gas turbine VTOL for defense (AT).

community spotlight

today, 08/05

• VCs in critical tech (NYC).

• Tech rooftop mixer (NYC).

• RoboCon x PrismaX (SF).

wednesday, 08/06

• Breakfast club (NYC).

• Bots, beverages, demos (SF).

• Engineering & founder poker (SF).

thursday, 08/07

• Engineers happy hour x GV x CC (NYC).

• Life Sciences happy hour (LA).

• Founders tech rooftop (LA).

• Hardware happy hour (SF).

friday, 08/08

• Founders breakfast (NYC).

• Bootstrappers breakfast (SF).

saturday, 08/09

• Biopunk desci hackathon (SF).

upcoming

• Space & Missile Defense symposium (Huntsville).

• Smallsat conference (Salt Lake City).

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